Unconventional Nuclear Astrophysics

The Unconventional Nuclear Astrophysics Research Group, led by astrophysicist Mahir Saleh Hussein, have resumed the project "Dynamics of Multibody Systems" (Fapesp). The third phase of the project will continue until January 31, 2016. Hussein explains that, among other purposes, the project aims to study nuclear astrophysics with exotic nuclei, quantum chaos, and both hybrid and single species of Bose-Einstein condensates in multiple traps, in particular the inter-relationship between mean-field effect and correlations of multiple bodies. Read more:Papers and Book

The talk is focused on the interplay between astrophysics and nuclear physics, which is called 'nuclear astrophysics'. Professor Pierre Descouvemont gives an introduction about the way stars are born and how different they evolve. It is shown that nuclear reactions play a central role in the star evolution: they produce the energy released by the stars, and determine the nucleosynthesis of heavy elements. April 22, 2013